Bolivia: CAO estimates that corn harvest in the Chaco area decreased by up to 30% after instability of rains and frosts

Meanwhile, the floods affected more than 40,000 hectares of crops in the areas of Cuatro Cañadas, Okinawa and neighboring municipalities. The manager of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO), Edilberto Osinaga, indicated that it is estimated that the instability of the rains and the onslaught of frost decreased the corn harvest in the Chaco Santa Cruz area by 25 to 30 percent. “In the south, the summer campaign is carried out after other regions, the summer harvest has just arrived. For example, in the Chaco area we have an affectation of the decrease in the harvest between 25 to 30 percent in the matter of corn”, indicated Osinaga. He explained that there was a double effect in the region because in the previous months there was instability in rainfall, which affected the development of the crop. These days, the corn was ripening when the frost hit. Regarding the floods, Osinaga reiterated that it is estimated that more than 40,000 hectares were affected and the total number of ...